title: Use of a tooth-implant supported bone distractor in oral rehabilitation: description of a personalized technique.
abstract: Osteodistraction is a clinical reality available for the resolution of bone deficiencies before dental implant placement or in cases where the existing implants are at the wrong position. The objective of this study is to suggest a new possibility for bone distraction, based on tooth-implant bone distractors, in areas were there is the need for extensive alveolar bone recovery, with installed dental implants. This technique presented good results associated with its simplicity and low cost, making it a viable clinical solution for bone tissue augmentation. Although its use is recent, the suggested technique shows the potential to become used widely in attempts to achieve bone-height augmentation, primarily when dental implants are installed and osteointegrated already.
authors.affiliation: Department of Bucco-Maxillo-Facial Surgery, UNESP, São Paulo State University, Araraquara Dental School, Araraquara, São Paulo, Brazil. elciojr@foar.unesp.br
authors.forename: Elcio
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Marcantonio
authors.forename: Roberto
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Dela Coleta
authors.forename: Rubens
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Spin-Neto
authors.forename: Elcio
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Marcantonio
authors.forename: Karina Eiras
authors.initials: KE
authors.lastname: Dela Coleta Pizzol
authors.forename: Eloísa Marcantonio
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Boeck
mesh_terms: D000540:Alveolar Ridge Augmentation / Q000379:methods*; D015921:Dental Implants; D006801:Humans; D003765:Models, Dental; D009969:Orthodontic Wires; D019857:Osteogenesis, Distraction / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D014070:Tooth
chemical_list: D015921:Dental Implants